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A criminal case against a businessman and a city lawyer charged with defrauding an American national of Sh132.9 million in a fake gold scam was yesterday pushed to July 2.
When the matter came for mention yesterday before Milimani Principal Magistrate Rose Ndombi,She pushed the gold fraud case to July 2,2025.
In the case,businessman Nicholas Otieno Ndolo and lawyer Thomas Otieno Ngoe are charged with conspiracy to defraud that money.
The case was pushed after defense lawyer informed the court that they have already written a letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) requesting him to review the police file.
At the same time a defence lawyer also applied for adjournment, saying he was unwell and he could not proceed with the hearing of the case which was scheduled to kick off yesterday.
The defence lawyer told the court that they wrote a letter to the DPP asking him to review the file in view of withdrawing the charges against lawyer Ngoe.
Ndolo and Ngoe are accused that on diverse dates between February 3 and 11, 2023, through Equity Bank Account NO.The court heard that the money was wired through an Equity Bank account, Yaya center branch, after the duo pretended that DSI Mining and Minerals Company Limited were in a position to pay custom duties for 3000 kilograms of gold to be shipped from Kenya to Dubai.
Ndolo is separately charged with making a mineral export permit, Reference No.EAC/22/92709141708/2022 dated May 16, 2022 with intent to defraud.
According to the prosecution, on the day of May 16, 2022 at unknown place within the Republic of Kenya with intent to defraud, without lawful authority or excuse, Ndolo made a certain document namely Mineral Export Permit reference NO.EAC/22/92709141705/2022 dated May 16, 2022 purporting it to be a genuine Mineral Export Permit issued by East African Community Customs.
